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Show THE DELUGE fy DAVID GIlAHAM PJ IHJJPS, Autlwr f "mFCQSTtc CHAPTER XXI Continued "Ho not put up i ih. ti i i pleaded 'I Inn 1 ndtlid whit I knu to ho trip- Hut oti ttlll nut tm Know It would take some ohm stronger tban Jour undo, stronger Hum join . parents, to swerve mo from what I i belli vo right lor )ou ami for tne I bail uo leer fur 'tomorrow' the! tiour when ln.' coul. I defy mo had ' pilMKll A lung, long silence the electric jp-edltiR southward under the atch ' log trto of I ho Wont Drive I re-1 member It wa u we skirted lh low I or end of the Mull that she Mbl even I)' "Von havo mnde mo hate ou ao that It tcrrlfle me 1 nm afralil of tbo consequence that must come to )uii niidf je ' " "' Anu'V irj-1 tuny be I answered gently "Fd.' )im'o awn inouKh ol me to Kit at leant n hint ut what I would iln, If goaded to It Hate la terrible, Anita, but love can be mure terrible' At tho Wllloughb aim lat me help her deacenil from llm eleetrlc. watted until I sent It nvvny, walked leldo me Into tho bulltlltiK My man, Sunders, hail evidently In en listening fur the elevator; thu door opened without my tinging, niul thero be win bowing low Hho ncknowlcdged hi welcome with that regard fur ' appearance that training bnd made inatlnctlve In tbo center of my our drawing-room drawing-room labia nnjn mm of fresh while rose '"Where did ou net em" I askeil him, In nn aside Thu elivnlor I hi) a brother air he replied, "worka In the florist ahop Just ncrose thu alreel, not to the church Ho happened to Iw wu alntr when I not jour message air Ho I was nblo to gel n fe How em I'm sorry, air, I hadn't a little more time ' You'vo ilono noble, aald I, and I shook handa with hint warmly Anita was (.reeling those flowers ai If they were u friend auddenl) uh ipearlng In a time of need She turned now and beamed on Handera "Thank ou, hn aald, 'thank ou And Bandera vvn hera An) thing 1 can do ma'am air? ' aiked Bunders Nothing exc.pt aend m mnld aa toon aa alio eoinea, ' ahe replied I shan't need voil, aald I "Mr Minium la mill here ho aald, lingering ' Shall I end him un, air, or do )ou wlah to see him ' I II apenk to him myaelf In n mo-tnent mo-tnent I nnawciod When Handera waa gone, ahe seated herMilf and absentl) pl.ied with thu butlona of hor glove ' Shall I bring Monaon I asked ou know, he a my fuctotuni "I do not wish to see him," she answored. "Vou do not like him" After a brlif hesitation ahe an-aworcd, an-aworcd, "No" Not for world would ho Just then b.no admitted, even to beraelf, thru tbo cause of her dlsllko waa hor know led no of Ida habit of tattling, with aultnblo embroideries, hla lesaona to mo I restrained n strong ImpuUo to ink ber why, for Instinct told mo ahe bad aomo especial reason that somilmwr concerned mo I aald merely: 'Then I ahull got rid of lilin' "Not tin in account," alio replied Indifferently "! earn nothing about H hlni "ono"Sny"or tho other" I "Ho Roes at tho end of hla munth," aald 1 H Sho waa now taking off hor glove H "Uefoio your maid cornea," I went on, H ' let mu oipluln about the apartment ffl Thin loom mill the two lending nut ffi of It am our My own suite la on H the other aide of our private ball IU there ' H Hho eoloied hluti paled I aaw that n tho did not Intend to apeak H I Blood uwkwunll), wolfing for ' something rorlhet io come Into my H own head Hood nlrht, aald I tl j H nally, aa If 1 note taking leave of u H formal coll H Hbu did ii'.l niiNwnr I left the H room cloning Mm door hehlnd me I j H pnuuid an hnfiunt. In aril the ko) click , H In thu lock And I burned In it hat 1 H f I null of Hliamtt that aha nhould ho B HilnkliiR tliun baaelv or me and with H hkiJ cuum How could aba know, H bow appreciate even if alio bud known? ouve bad Ct' i'e"p, H ku1i to nijaelf Hut wgnndall H honj 1 hough It nit) take long very H tons And 1 went on my wu, not ubolh downcuat i HI I Jolninl MoiiMim In w little amok-H amok-H InKroom 'Cnnitiatiilato nu, h H boKan with hi naat nuiorcllloii H 6i Hi which of late hud Iimu Kelllnu jH on my neivea euvereh j Thanka," I lopUed curlfr, paylna H no attention to hla outatrolitied hand HJ 'I want ou to pin h (ioimh of the H mairlnite In tnmorruw morilnm Her J aid ' HJ Give me tho faota clcrnyman a HE name place and ao on aald be jHJ ' Unnottutanry I inawored luat HJ our nanus and tho duo-that a all HM You'd better h.np llv ol it a lb Hn and It'll lu too late If ou a)iy ' HJj With an In i' i u: tluil of delib i 111, li ilullri Mi In lore ii tun out I htiitii h i maid come Mi. i ulriiiii an bom I went Into the bull no Unlit Iln ninth the tranaonm of her auiie I relurtiiHl In til) own part of the Hat aud went to bed In the apare room to which Handnni had moved m ihthoiihI belontinaa That day whkb becHii In dlanater In what a blaie of tiliimph It bad rnleil' I alept with good ounactence I had earned aleep XXII 'SHE HAS CH0SEN1" Jo icot to the oiilce rnther later Ibiiu naual I ho next moriiliiK 'llm) told him I Mna nlrend) thero, but he would nt believe It linlll he hud come Into in) private den mid with hl own eye bad aeeu me "Well I'm JlK dereil'" aald he "It aeema to Invn made vnn lmpreKliin on )ou than It did on iim M) nilaaim and tho llltlo Uti woiildu t b t me K'i to boil till after two "I he) iwt on and on, iiioallon Ina and dbruaaltiK " i 1 laucbeil mrtl) leut I knew that Jw, like moat men, una ua full of Ruulp and aa owner for It ns n I ooiiVHleacvnt old liinld, and that, whn- ever mlfthl have vn th Ural nl hla ' hoiiae o make the break for bed, he waa the laat to leave off talking. Hut the chief teaaon for in) Inimh wua that Juat liefore he came In on me, I waa alimiat plnchlne; myaelf tu ace whether I wna dreaming It all, and ho had mado mo feel how vlvldl) true It waa. "Why dont oti eato down, llluck look' he went on "Kver)lhlnita anuxHtk Ibu biialneaa at leaat, in) end of l, and I aiipiKate jour end too waa never better, never growing ao faat ou could ifft off for it week or two, Juat aa well aa not I don't know of a thing (hat can prevent you " And he lioneatly thought It ao little jild I let blw know about the laritor enterprlaea of 1 Hack lock and llim pauy I could have aiioken a ddien wonU, and he would have Iwen ttoiiuderliig like a caught flab In a buakvl. rhino me luen k very few who work more awlflly and tuore surely when they know they're on the brink of ruin: but not Joe One Ktlinpee of our real National Coal ac count, and all my power over him couldn't have kept him from allowing I the whole Street that Illuoklock And I Company waa shaky And whenever I Hie Street bexlna to think a man Is aluik), he muat be atrong Indeed to I eacape the fate of the wolf that stumbles aa It rune with the pack 'No holiday at preeeut, Joe," was : my reply to hla guggaellon "1'er bapa the second week In Jul) ; but our marriage wua ao sudden that we haven't had the time to get ready for u trip ' Yea It was audden, wasnt It? mild Joe rurlousl) twitching bis nose like a dog a at scent ut a rabbit How did It hpppen" "Oh. I'll tell ymi Jometlme, replied I ' I miixt work now " ml work aplenty them was He-lore He-lore me mae a sheaf of clamorous tel grama from our imuiftown custom era and our agetita and soon my an teronui was crowded with my local following sore and shorn I suihim a score or more of the hahlioal heav) plungeis on ni) tl were ruined Hiid buiidntla of othera were thousand und lens of tlmuaamla out of ioeket Do miii want me to talk to these pen pie" Inquired Joe with the kliull) 111(11111011 of giving mo h chain to nhin the unpleaaam tint) to hlru ( , 1 1 itii' not aald I When the I Ihi la Jammed let m know I'll laik em up It tnadi I iK- tineas) for me even io talk of ualng iuy languaKe" he would have crawled from the Imtter) lo Harlem to keep me from imlng It on him Ho he elleull) left me nlone I lowanl ten n clock, my Ui) onme , In und aald ' Mr Hall tlilnka It's almut time for vou tu see eumo uf , tpt' iiple 1 went Into the main room where the tickers and blacl hourda were Aa I apprimelieil through ni) outer oltliv I could hear the noloe the crowd was making as the) curaeil 111" If )oii wunt In rile the true lumiml soul of the average human Iwlng dont lake his reputation or hla wife: Just camut him to low. tiioiie) There were nmoiiK m spcculatliiR custom era many with the even tenured nort Iiir Instinct Thtse wero bearing their loen with philosophy nono or them liad swminM on tue Uf the poiliui Ihrii! hundnil who bad come lo vnrn their nngulnh by tongue-lash lug me, ever) one wna o bad loser and whs mad through and through those who had lost B few hiltidreil dnl Inrs wete ,ih luf nrlntixl us those , whom 111) misleading tip bail coat thousand and lens of thoiisaiids, those whom I had licld lo win all they hud In tho world were inure savage "'an thoee new to my follow Hig I took my stand In the doorwu), a slep( up from tho floor of the main room I looked all round until I had met eurli pair of nngr) v)ea 'the) M j n w J i "I TOOK MIT STAND IN TUB DOOH- WAY," au) I can gtvo my face nn oxpreMlon that Is anything but agreeable; such talent na I have In that dlieotlon I exerted then The Inslaut I appeared a sllencu foil, but I waited until the last pair of olawa drew In 1 hen I aald, In the quiet tone the army o Ulcer usea when he tails the mob that the machine guns will open up In two nil limits li-mits by the watch (lentlemen, n lliu effort to counteract my warning to the public, the Textile crowd rock eted the stock yesterday 1 hose who heeded my warning and aold got ex cellent pricea Those who did not, should sell to-day Not even the powerful Intoreata ' behind rexHlf can long maintain yesterday a price. A wave uf restlessness paaaed over the crowd Man) shifted their eyes from me and began to murmur I raised my voire slightly as I went on' "The speculators, the gamblers, lire the only jieople who wore hurt Those wlm sold what they didn't have are paying for ihelr folly 1 have nu ayiupathy for them lllacklock and Company wishes none such In Its follow hig, aud aeliea ever) oppor tunlty to weed them out We are In business only, fur the bona fide Is vesting public, and we are stronger with that publlo to-day than wo havo ev er been " Again I looked from toward to cow a rd of that tnob ohangoil from three hundred atrong to tbrco hundred weak Thon I bowed and withdrew leaving them to mutter and dispone. I felt wtll content with tho trend of event -1 vho IsJjrJ to Impress the PVffl nd the financiers that I nan l"Vfi with rx . iilsilou aud specula t" I i mid I Iiiim had a heller than "f on xjMde.1 opimrtiuilK aharpl) "I line nn mw niurse" nd as T'lo uiimiiuted fi II toward th '''lof the dn m eonimt rne to-w to-w m nm mul high splrlia There wio whliei In Ihe Street that I "Iln trouble m Ihi enntrar), the I'l wn R-alnlng around thai I had long resseil In be a stock t i und di served a much better " ion than I had U irthed with a good deal of anx I i k ou nay Imagine, the early deii - r ihe afleinooli iaiers I ho ' i tlele inv ee (hanceri upon "la mere word) elalmrallou of the rll Hid vague announcement Von Mn,i put in the Herald I .-iter an Interview wllh old Klleraly "Nttut all m sleiious, ' ho had said I" le reiiortera ' Mr lllarkloek '"I bo would have to gn iibrtwd en a neaa aiMin he didn't know h'winii On the spur of the mo-Ditlilny mo-Ditlilny dmliloil in marr) ' A H en nigh slur) ami I confirmed It Hen I ndmllleil Ihe reporters I re- tb Ir estimate or ni) fortune ""lot iiIIhs wllb rather bitter aiiasem. nl she whose father wua N'ljS I nn band lo inoulli I who wajam have emergetl fnuu a forced eian, nt wllh enough to enable mo to W a tmp HI III when one Is rlik,th. repulnllon of Ixdng rich Is " Xeime, hut when one Is p-llii reputation of Mng Hill can boaadi n wealth giving asset hVfl aa I was reading thi-ee ,.i net of af liilllluns. there In) on tho der befje me a statement of the Hint Ire of my affairs- a ineiuoran dilHaisde b) m)slf fur ni) own e)es, (lid ki be burneil us soon as I maa leiHIl On Ihe race of Die llgure? Iliohlsnce against me was Hpmtlliig II) lilif aasel, Indeed in) mil) asset Ibatlneasured up toward my dtbta, aW) Coal stocks those brought andfcioso contracted for. and, wbllo Itil4 par value far exceeded my lla allies they had to aptienr In my oetaranduni nt Ihelr actual market Jl on that day I looked at the l$lar -seventiM n daya until the tonanlsaUon scheme would be nn Miugenl out) seventeen daya' lfl than three busliieaa weeks, acifl should bo out of the storm and Mlttk aafer and smoother aeaa tban I ml ever known 'To Indulge In H lMipes la Kid," thought I, but Hsti Indulge In n boie, especially whq onn Ins on!) It between him ksiUIio (ill ' And I proci-edcd to likiMHi tho not tinwarrnnlixl ussumiv-lluiihat ussumiv-lluiihat m Coat hope waa n pnux nt rtn(r Inib-oil whnt allornallvo had It To put It amnnR the futures tin rcrllntlea waa to put ui)self nmong lheitterly ruined Using as raillut-eilMlio raillut-eilMlio Coal slocks I bad Viught osrjglit, I lorrowed morn monny, nil. Itli it wont sllll dcoer Into Ihe Cslfcenturo liver) llilng or nothlngl -iljte the clinncea In my favor worn iiftSisaml, to practically none against n. Elver) thing or nothing' slrco iiilylby Hiking ever) thing could I laly aavo anything at nil Ilf tel Tor tho flrlit time alnce I j sijuat little slip of a shaver tho wrl had a inonal meaning for us) f'erhapa, If Ihe only other home I of tlno bad been less uninviting I hl not havo looked forward with HUtlflilgli beating of the heart to that rulliome Anita waa making for me No, I withdraw that It la fellows like tie, to whom klndl) looks and tin btaiMt attentions are as unfamiliar at fwera. to the Arctic It la men like, iio that appreciate and trnas ure.tnl warm up under 'Jin rainiest showier shadowy suggestion of tho suciBno of aoutlment. I'd be a little lit-tle fc&atnod to any how much money I hailed out lo beggars and atreet gamlu that day. I had a homo to goto AS uy oloctrlc drow up nt tbo WIN lougjiiy'a, a carriage backml lo mako ronitijor It. I rccognlteil the horse nnd tie coachman and tho crest. fcw Ioiir has Mrs Kllersly been wlU ay wife?" I asknl the elevilcr bor, as Ijo waa taking me up ";mt half an hour, air," be nn. awt tj. -nut Mr, Klleraley I took up card In. fore lunch, aud lies Still sire" I" jsud of using my key. I rang tu" 4l nnd when 8audera opened, I ""W 1 Is Mrs lllacklock lur In a vole 1Ui enough to neuelrale lo the If lV Ik room Jhad 1iohn1, Anita apiiearnl I'f ffesg (old we that ber trunks "'! Amo-she had sent for ber triia J "othr and father are I" re, Jid she. without looking at uie 1 fowod her Into the drawing loom j,, fnr lhe inen, of tnB r. v" " lr. and Mrs Kllersly and i kr'' I each other courteously, j thou. Mra Elloraly s eea and mine Wlt fiance llko the flush or steel I on I "We were Juat going, said ") 1 then I felt that I bad ar rli Hie midst of a tempi si of uu eoiat rury 1 must atop and make nr a visit,' rolested I, with elaborate po-lltitif po-lltitif To myeolf I was kssuuiing Hint t bud come to mako up mid ho fr9 ij" Bnj resume their plaea at j ""Rh HM aa moving toward Ihe door th on nHn In her wako Neither of ih. at ned to shako handa wllh nu noluVj nade pretense of saving go.l by t( din standing b ihe vvludon llkoal Mr 0f (0 UUI rB (, druvM KMini ilooi boblnd nu i I i tneM v.im n boil I lo opi ii It nu I ''"Sell 1 waa restraint d l what , I UMlDrklnn In ihe old uoiuins Iraieifte lm. set hei will on is . . lU'lai-Som in) lonihed pieti with in j'ceni Ini in i ui tav in ktt out m ii ,1 v tin U.K tloul It In ii I 11' In ' d J |